Brandon McGhee, 16, was shot and killed inside a home on Pecan Creek Drive in Mesquite, Texas, on the night of July 24, 2025. Officers were called about 9:30 p.m.; they found a 15-year-old boy wounded and transported him to the hospital while Brandon was discovered nearby and pronounced dead at the scene. Police described the shooting as an isolated incident tied to what unfolded inside the residence.

Detectives opened a homicide investigation, canvassed the neighborhood and received tips from the community. A 15-year-old juvenile was arrested on July 26 and charged with murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with Brandon’s death and the wounding of the other teen; the juvenile’s name was not released. Friends and family remembered Brandon as a teen whose presence lifted those around him, and local gatherings in the days after the killing focused on mourning and calls for improved safety and communication.

Anyone with information about what happened inside that Pecan Creek Drive home on July 24, 2025, is asked to come forward.